78 Quotes by John Whisenant

That's why she's our hired gun. They had done a good job on Nicole, but I told her to keep shooting.

I told her (Powell) she didn't need that Stanford degree to do that,

It's a real shame because Ticha was probably playing the best basketball of her career, the best that I've ever seen, for sure, ... She was even brilliant in our scrimmage (Tuesday). It was right at the end of practice, and Ticha was just running up the court. She stepped on someone's foot and turned her ankle. I should have ended practice one play sooner.

I told Thibault that I wished Lindsay was 100% and that Ticha was 100%,

It makes it a little tougher on us actually to know how to prepare against them. We know what to expect when Lindsay?s back there; if she doesn?t play, we have to try to prepare for what (Thibault) will do differently and how a different point guard might affect their play.

No matter who we play, we try to give the opposing quarter, the point guard, hell. Whether it's Lindsay Whalen or her replacement, we're going to do our best to wear them down, tire them mentally and physically. We feel like that is the head of the attack weapon.

They were beating us in ways that we normally beat other teams.

They led the league with the fewest turnovers. We can't expect to win two games in a row in causing the league's best in non-turnovers to make more turnovers. That's why we have to improve on some things.

They've played the right way as a team.